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Colin Cowdrey

Michael Colin Cowdrey

Born: 24 December 1932, Bangalore, India
Died: 4 December 2000, Angmering Park, Littlehampton, Sussex
Major Teams: Kent, Oxford University, England.
Known As: Colin Cowdrey
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Leg Break


Test Debut: England v Australia at Brisbane, 1st Test, 1954/55
Last Test:
England v Australia at Melbourne, 6th Test, 1974/75

Only ODI:
England v Australia at Melbourne, One-off ODI, 1970/71

Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1956

Career Statistics:

TESTS
 (career)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding  114  188  15  7624  182   44.06  22  38  120   0

                    Balls    M     R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10    SR  Econ
Bowling               119    0   104    0    -     -      0   0    -   5.24

ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS
 (career)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave     SR 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding    1    1   0     1    1    1.00  20.00   0   0    0   0

                      O      M     R    W    Ave   BBI   4w  5w    SR  Econ
Bowling               -      -     -    -    -     -      -   -    -    -

FIRST-CLASS
 (career: 1950 - 1976)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding  692 1130 134 42719  307   42.89 107 231  638   0

                    Balls     R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10    SR  Econ
Bowling              4890  3329   65  51.21  4-22    0   0  75.2  4.08

LIST A LIMITED OVERS
 (career: 1963 - 1975)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding   87   78  11  1978  116   29.52   3  12   38   0

                    Balls     R    W    Ave   BBI   4w  5w    SR  Econ
Bowling                59    43    3  14.33  1-0     0   0  19.6  4.37

- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.


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Colin Cowdrey 1932-2000 An elegant and stylish batsman, who captained his county and England, Colin Cowdrey fulfilled the hopes of his cricket-loving father who chose his name (and thus his initials). A schoolboy prodigy, playing for the Tonbridge against Clifton at Lords when only 13, and one of the best University batsman, he was the youngest player ever capped for Kent. On his day a joy to watch, the somewhat portly Cowdrey excelled in the cover drive, and had a remarkably effective paddle sweep against spinners, hitting the ball very fine. In his schoolboy days, he had great success with his leg-spin, but this was seen rarely at the first-class level. He was a fine fielder in the slips. He toured Australia six times, the last time in 1974/5 when called in as a late replacement he showed great courage in facing Lillee and Thompson. He captained England on a successful tour of the West Indies in 1967-68, but lost the position after injury. He celebrated his unprecedented 100th Test appearance, at Edgbaston against Australia in 1968, in the only way possible - by scoring a hundred. He was a member of the elite hundred centuries club, and played twenty-six years for Kent.

His sons Graham and Chris both played for Kent, and Chris captained England (his father had made a single first-class appearance in the Bombay Quadrangular tournament). In retirement he was much involved in cricket administration. In 1986-87 he served a one-year term as president of the organisation with whom he shares his initials - the MCC. From 1989 to 1993 he served as president of the International Cricket Council, a period which saw great change in the operations of the ICC itself as well as the return to international cricket of South Africa. He was elevated to the peerage in 1997, and became Lord Cowdrey of Tonbridge, after earlier being knighted for services to cricket (DL and RE 2000).

* Last Updated: Monday, 02-Sep-2002 10:11:47 GMT


 
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